Summerjam

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For the annual American hip hop concert, see Summer Jam.
Summerjam Festival
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Genre Reggae, dancehall
Dates 3 days (first weekend in July)
Location(s) Fühlingen, Cologne, Germany
Years active 1985 - present
Website
www.summerjam.de

Summerjam is a European reggae festival. It takes places annually in July at the Fühlinger See, which is a lake located in Cologne, Germany. The event usually sees an audience of between 25.000 and 30.000 people. Two stages and two tents are located on an island, with the camping area surrounding the lake.

From 1985 to 1993 the Summerjam took place at the Loreley, in 1994 and 1995 at the airport Wildenrath and since 1996 at its present location in Cologne. Throughout the festival's history, many major reggae acts have performed there including (among many others):

Black Uhuru, Dennis Brown, Jimmy Cliff, Third World, Steel Pulse, Aswad, Freddie McGregor, Sly and Robbie, Burning Spear, Linton Kwesi Johnson, The Abyssinians, Culture, Misty In Roots, Israel Vibration, Lee Scratch Perry, Radical Dance Faction, Lucky Dube, Tony Rebel, Maxi Priest, Bunny Wailer, Shaggy, Beenie Man, Sizzla, Sean Paul, Groundation

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